Download missing driver files link in IntelliJ broken by fire wall

Question

I am trying to connect to my company's Snowflake instance using IntelliJ ultimate. our firewall blocks downloads from repo1.maven.com, because we maintain an internal repo that is regularly scanned for vulnerabilities... All great so far, and I get why they block un vetted sources.

How do I convince IntelliJ to look for the drivers in the internal repo?

Answer 1

According to the Snowflake's Documentation its' driver is a regular Maven artifact, so assuming you have specified your internal repository in the Project's pom.xml and the driver is present there, Intellij should not have any problems downloading it. Intellij is also supports native integration with Snowflake, which you might find useful. Please refer to Intellij's Documentation for more details.

Another option is to download the driver using your browser and pointing Intellij to it directly, which you can do by:

1. Opening "Data Sources and Drivers" dialog
2. Navigating to "Drivers" tab -> Snowflake
3. Clicking "+" under the "Driver Files" section and choosing the JAR or a native driver file you've downloaded.